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[gross01]

Hello all:

I'm trying to show an assembly in a drawing by showing different steps in the order inwhich they are assembled.
I've used Pro/Process in Pro/E and wish to try to do the same in SW.
What would be the best way to go about this. Create configurations for each step and hide the unassembled components.
or
one config. and hide unassembled components in each drawing view. (the problem I have with this is there can be only one exploded view).
or
something else

thank you for reading
-Caper-

 

[SBaugh]

I used different configs suppressing or hiding the components and slowly add them according to each process. Showing one assembly per sheet.

As for the exploded view if you make differnet configs in the assembly you can make separate exploded views per config.

Im using SW01+ SP5.1

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[gross01]

Thanks for your comments Scott.

I have tried using different configurations but because of BOM Balloons I am unable to suppress items, and because I wish to sort my Partslist (alpha-numeric by part number)on sheet one I now must add a BOM to each view and do the same sort as I did on sheet one in order to keep the item numbers in the same order then hide the BOM. This is bad enough but should a new part be added I must resort everything all over again.
I did sort the components in the assembly as not to require to do a manual sort in the partslist. This took too long and resulted in sorting errors.
Am I'm going about these things the right way? or Have I've been spoiled by previous experiences.

-Caper-

 

[josephv]

Hello Caper,

You may want to try Lock View Focus... this way you don't need a new BOM for each view.

So... here is another approach, to get the Item Numbers to match in all the different views (configurations), using this approach you can also suppress the components instead of hiding them:


For each sheet
1) Create a view (lets call it View1) that has a configuration with all the components unsuppressed
2) Create the other views (with the different configs with suppressed components)
2) Create a BOM using View1 (sort it as you wish)
3) Lock the View Focus of View1(you can do this by selecting the view with the right mouse button, then selecting Lock View Focus)
4) Now Add balloons to the other views, the item numbers should match those in View1, because you have locked the view focus to View1
5) You may want to hide View1, and the BOM (you probably do not to need to show a BOM in every sheet)

This is still a bit of work, but I believe that this way there is less chance for sorting errors, and you have less BOM's. But you do need to create one BOM per sheet.

Hope this helps...

Joseph

 

[Stoker]

I'm not sure I follow why the sorting is giving you problems. If you have "row numbers follow assembly ordering" checked then the BOM will have the same sort order as the assembly. It may take some time to sort the assembly components initially, but once it is done it is easy to bring new components to the correct place as they are added. If your configurations have the unnecessary parts hidden, instead of suppressed, then the item numbers should match in all views, regardless of how many parts are being shown.

 

[gross01]

Stroker I do not have "row numbers follow assembly ordering" checked so the manual sort is required on every sheet. I am questioning that this is the best way to work with sorting BOM's. A little work up front may save alot of work in the long hall.

-Caper-

 

[gross01]

In responce to josephv commets this works fine until you add a new item to your assembly. I had to add a bom to all views to get the correct item numbers as page one. This would work great in a world that did not change.
thanks josephv for your comments.
I need all the help I can get.